Belle and Sebastian played in my office, while I got ready for this weekend's convention. I zipped up my backpack, stood up, and stretched. I made that ughh noise that, as a child, I always associated with old people. I walked a couple steps across the room and sat down at my desk to look at the...

I wish I was in LA for this storm. Santa Cruz is getting hit fairly hard. Not too bad, but it's the first year I'm living in the actual mountains, and being woken up by a flash of lightning and lots loud rumbles that could be thunder or could be trees/hillsides coming down on my house is a bit scary. Also, trying to drive to school when there are trees blocking the road? And not having power for two days? *grumble*
However I'm totally gonna go make a paper boat during this break in the storm. And that will make everything alllll better!

It's been raining pretty steadily, very heavy at times, since yesterday afternoon. The weather service says we should expect this to continue for at least a week, but it could go on for up to two weeks. I mention this because it hardly ever happens here, and if people weren't truly in danger fro...

Wil, my brother just gave me Memories of the Future as a Chanukah present last night. Best present ever. I would listen to the podcast while waiting for class to start, and now I have the book!
Thank you so much for sharing these awesome memories with us. I can't wait for volume two. Best wishes for a great holiday.

Holy crap! It's time for Memories of the Futurecast. Memories of the Future, Volume One, covers the first 13 episodes of TNG, so each week, I'm choosing something from one episode, and performing an excerpt for you. It will mostly be from the synopses, which is where I think the real humor of t...